Hamptons

So I've had a busy Fourth of July out here @ the Hamptons. For those of you who don't know I just moved to the Hamptons for the summer to write, so why not drop a few lines about my experience. Here's a run down of this last weekend's events.

The Forbes boat: Imagine a boat made of gold bathrooms, stocked with caviar oeuvres, and crewed by former models-- and then make sure that taste and class don't by accident slip through the guess list and you'll have yourself the Forbes fourth July party. It may not be sea worthy but hell I'm having drinks with a former model on Thursday so it can't be all bad.

Black & White and "Over the Hill": Saturday at the lovely summer house of Ed WallstreetGuy (rented) and his young Bipolar wife, Cruella De Vil, was a collage of white collared shirts stained with lobster juice and Rose. But the 40th birthday bash was not with out its highlights, most notably a phone call from English pop-star Fergie. For those in attendance the most import bit of information was "how they knew Fergie and how long they had been friends". Cruella, putting aside the skins of her namesakes Dalmatians, instead donned a white princess's dress with a collar reminiscent of Ming the Destroyer. I'm sure it was from a very well know designer, but honestly it looked like she had gone to the Disney World castle when she was six, pointed at a picture of a princess, closed her eyes and held her breath until she woke up 25 years later in the Hamptons.

Dames’ Barbecue & Beach event: Well this wasn’t really a Hamptons event. In fact, it was if anything an anti-Hanpton shindig out in Long Beach -- consisting mostly of grilling and beach fun. With healthy doses of hipster librarian irony (dames is a librarian as were other’s in attendance) and kid friendly wave chasing; a good time was had by all.

Ava’s Two Year Old b-day bash – On Sunday I got to celebrate my niece’s second birthday with lunch out at Shelter Island’s Sun Set Beach Hotel. I loved getting to sit out side and eat by the beach and, of course, watch super-amazing Ava cobble down all she surveys. In attendances Ava’s best friend and fellow Hamptonite, 19 month old, Owen.

Favorite parts of the weekend:
-Teaching Ava to swim with her Daddy
-Getting to drive the Sloan-mobile’s boat

Weekend’s Best Ideas:
-Creating a reality show based on one of my brother’s best friend’s and fulltime player; Michael Sloan
-Getting acupuncture guru and college roommate Greenberg to ply his trade out in the Hampton Goldmines.